JAMES, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1632; BA 1632/3.
JAMES, THOMAS, son of Thomas James, East Grinstead, Sussex, and Cowden, Kent; bapt. Cowden, Kent 30 Apr 1698 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1712; QS 1713; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1717, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1717, scholar 2 May 1718, matr. 1718; BA 1720/1; MA 1724; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1 Oct 1723, Major Fellow 7 Jul 1724, occasional Tutor 1725; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1715; ordained deacon (Llandaff) 7 Mar 1730/1, priest (Chichester) 14 Mar 1730/1; Rector of Ripe, Sussex 21 Apr 1737-42; Rector of Ashurst, Kent 4 May1740-6; Rector of Waldron, Sussex, from 1742; Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex, from 25 Nov 1746; d. 10 Jan 1757.
JAMES, RICHARD, brother of Jonathan James (qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 9 Aug 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Nov 1739 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – expelled 19 Jun 1750; his expulsion was for “providing entertainment both of dinner and supper for several persons” in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday, for “forcing himself out of the College Gate at a very late hour, by threatening to kill the porter”, and for failing to appear before the Dean and Chapter when cited (see Thompson, Christ Church, 153-4); ordained; Curate, Mortlake, Surrey, in 1765-6; Vicar of Broad Hinton, Wilts., from 1772; d. 16 May 1781.
JAMES, PTOLEMY, son of Charles James (KS 1686, qv); b. 19 Oct 1671; adm.; KS 1686; left 1688; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1688, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1688 – void 1704, expiry year of grace as R. Whatcott from 29 Jan 1703, Tutor 1699; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; ordained; Rector of Whatcote, Warwicks., 3 Nov 1702; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 4 Jun 1713; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, from 1715 [check : not in Hennessy]; d. 26 Apr 1729.
JAMES, LIONEL, brother of Henry Rosher James (qv); b. 11 Jul 1868; adm. QS 8 Jun 1882; Mure Scholar 1885; Capt. of the School 1886; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford Jul 1887, matr. 14 Oct 1887; 1st. cl. Classical Mods 1889, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1891; BA 1891; MA 1896; Assistant master, Radley Coll. 1892-1906; Head Master, Monmouth GS 1906-27; author of acting editions of several Latin and Greek plays, including the Andria of Terence; m. 9 Sep 1912 Ethel de Pearsall, eldest dau. of Arthur Edward Clabburn, [officer in ?] Gordon Highlanders [but apparently artist (1881 Census)]; d. 28 Apr 1948.
JAMES, JOHN, son of John James, London; b.; adm.; KS 1663; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 17, Westminster Student 3 Feb 1668 – void 1691, Senior Censor 1679-80, Tutor 1680; BA 1671; MA 1674; BD 1684; DD 1689 (incorp. Cambridge 1698); Deputy Public Orator in 1683-4; ordained; Prebendary and Chancellor of Exeter from 30 Aug 1689; Rector of Southill, Cornwall 1689; Vicar of Harberton, Devon 2 May 1691; buried St. Margaret’s, Westminster 18 Jan 1702/3.
JAMES, HUGH, son of Hugh James, Carlisle, Cumberland, agent to James Graham (adm. under Busby, qv); b. ; adm. 1685; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 19 Jun 1698; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1698-1700; Fellow, Pembroke Coll. , Cambridge 1700-2; Rector of Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk, from 29 Apr 1701; m. Philippa, widow of Rev. John Wake, and sister of Thomas Hobart (qv); d. 1740 (will proved PCC 15 Aug 1740). His monument at Upwell records that he was “educated at Westminster School under that great master of learning and loyalty, Dr. Busby”.
JAMES, FRANCIS, son of Thomas James, Newport, Isle of Wight (IGI)[“Dr”James : Whitmore]; bapt. Newport 21 Sep 1580; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1598, matr. 24 Nov 1598, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1617; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD 1612; DD 1614; ordained; Preacher at the Savoy; Rector of St. Matthew’s, Friday Street, London, from 11 Jan 1616/7; a Latin poet; d. Jul 1621. DNB.
JAMES, EDWARD, son of Richard James, Newport, Isle of Wight (IGI); bapt. Newport 23 Sep 1569 (IGI); at school (aged 11) 1582; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1587, matr. 15 Dec 1587, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1605; BA 1591; MA 1594; BD and DD 1614; ordained; Rector of Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1604; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 17 Mar 1614/5; d. Jan 1616/7. Buried Christ Church Cathedral.
JAMES, CHARLES, son of Rev. Henry James, Vicar of Awre, Gloucs.; probably brother of William James (KS 1646, qv); b. 24 Feb 1639/40; adm.; KS in 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 11 Apr 1660, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; DD 1684; ordained; Head Master, St. Edward’s School, St. Albans, Herts., from 1669; Rector of Turweston, Bucks., from 1685 (disp. to hold with V. St. Stephen’s, St. Albans 1694); lic. to m. 1 Sep 1668 Mary, dau. of Thomas Atkins, Westminster; d. 15 May 1695. Buried Bath Abbey.